Worked with a guy a bit like that
Had been one of the bright sparks on the fast track management programme, but had managed to smear about half of his brain on the tarmac in a particularly nasty road accident.

He was actually a pretty decent bloke, albeit that he had short term memory trouble too, and got crippling headaches (perhaps understandably) that would limit the amount of work he could take on. His trouble was that he still behaved like someone on a fast track programme - he'd take on far more work than he could possibly do, fuck most of it up, then need bailing out.

He was a good bloke, though, and all of us that worked alongside him forgave him because he was fun to be around (in a good way - you'd laugh along with him, not at him).

Apparently (I was told by several people who'd known him a long time, unlike me) this represented a big change to his personality, since he'd been a complete mercenary cunt who'd fuck you over as soon as look at you before he had his accident.

He was, when on form, a very intelligent and witty guy; I shudder to think how much of a force of nature he would have been if he'd been driving a hard-topped car when he turned it over, instead of a convertible.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:34, Reply)